How rare is the name Alyson?

25,713 people in the United States have the first name Alyson, about 1 in 11,746. It ranks #1,379 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALYSON

#1,379

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
25,713
About
1 in 11,746
This common or more
74.2%
Who bears it

Of the 25,713 people named Alyson, 77.3% reported their origin as White, 13.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alyson peaked in 1990, when 741 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19442025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
741
In 2025*
157 ▼79%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 29,740 babies have been given the name since 1944. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Alyson by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #753. The largest share of babies named Alyson, 33.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#4,616118
1950s#2,211585
1960s#1,4861,412
1970s#9683,367
1980s#7535,569
1990s#7686,614
2000s#8916,402
2010s#1,2444,444
2020s#2,2031,229
Silent Generation 1928–450%
Baby boom 1946–644.8%
Generation X 1965–8015.2%
Millennials 1981–9632.9%
Generation Z 1997–1233.9%
2013 and later13.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Alyson is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alyson has been most common in Utah (1.8×), Nevada (1.7×), and New Jersey (1.6×), and least common in New Mexico (0.23×).

26,385 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Alyson

#1,377 Clare · 25,764#1,378 Alayna · 25,758#1,380 Alivia · 25,622#1,381 Sheldon · 25,589

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alyson, most common first.

#507 Alison · 111,220#959 Allyson · 45,707#12,114 Alysson · 1,038#23,303 Alysen · 421#23,638 Alson · 413#52,605 Alysan · 106

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